Rumors Of A New Parklet On 24th St

Here's a fun bit of info we received recently: the owners of the building housing Patxis Pizza have informed residents that Patxi's will be applying for a parklet permit "soon." Can't imagine the auto repair shop or realtor on either side will care, but this looks like a nice place to park oneself and enjoy a froyo or slice.

There's no guarantee it will pass, though. A little history: in the aftermath of a failed campaign for a Plaza on Noe St culminating in a...uh...disappointing community meeting, SF City Planners proposed and approved two trial parklets on 24th St in 2010. They were deemed a huge success, and they're still in front of Martha's and Just For Fun. You can see a map of all parklets in San Francisco here.

The application deadline for new parklets was May 31st, and a decision is expected July 10. Patxi's rumored parklet doesn't show on the map.

Meanwhile here in Noe Valley, parking has always trumped street life for the merchant association. No word if they support this parklet, or if there will be a battle this time around.

[NVSF: Pavement To Parks Says No To Plaza Trial, Yes To Parklets]
[NVSF: Noe Valley Plaza: Tea Party Filibuster Hijacks Community Meeting]
[Pavemet to Parks]

Closed: Isso

Fans of funky vintage clothing that is made, found or designed in the Bay Area will now have to go a little bit further afield for their fashion fix. A sign in the window of Isso at 3789 24th Street (just down the street from the much tonier Mill) announces the store is closed and consolidating to its other location in Mission Dolores called Nisa.

While the 24th Street Isso store has plenty of 5 star reviews on Yelp, the last review of any kind was in 2013 – which may explain the decision to consolidate.

No news yet on what will replace Isso - or the painted sign around the corner on Church Street.

Nisa
3610 19th Street at Guerrero
415-865-0960

[Photo via Yelp]

This Week In Noe Valley: Wider Sidewalks, Landlord From Hell, And A Sign Of The Bubble

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Almost done: The new bus stop and bulbout on Castro and 24th [@Scott_Wiener]
• And a couple of videos of the crosswalk installation [@sfpublicworks, @theoverheadwire ]
• Time travel: Classic Corvette on Church Street [tfaccone]
• "Stunning" [@iamvivita]
• Eviction specialist and Noe Valley landlord from hell being sued by City [SF Gate]
• Scott Wiener on the mission moratorium defeat and where we go from here [SF Examiner]
• SF’s median rent is not $4225 (but it’s still really high) [SocketSite]
• Is the Noe/Mission/Castro TrashDay fake/real startup a sign of the apocalypse bubble? [MarketWatch]
• Does anyone know the history of the Noe Valley Red Light District? [@jlassen]
• The June issue of the Noe Valley Voice is out [NVV]
• Noe Valley SummerFest is coming Saturday June 20 from 11-5 [NoeValleySummerfest]
• Noe Valley – the t-shirt [Etsy]

[Photo: Hey sun, stay a little longer why don't you? ☀️ via hey_im_kate ]

This Week In Noe Valley: Thrasher Mag At James Lick, Contigo Building For Sale, And Trashday Worry RIP

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Contigo's building is for sale -- only $2.3 million [via @nnnlistings]
• Median rent is $4225 in SF – 16% higher than this time last year [Curbed]
• Songbird Studios is opening at 3823 24th Street – formerly OpenVoice Studios [@SongbirdSF]
• Thrasher Mag takes over James Lick – never mind the signs #ripperatclipper [jayhum and projectno155]
• Coming soon to Noe Valley: People who take your trash out for you [Trashday.co]
• 25th St condo takes a price hit - what's wrong with it? [4207-25th.com]

[Photo: Noe Valley Ministry and Prius via @jwcofrin]

This Week In Noe Valley: Hidden Cistern Revealed, The Hotelization Of Noe, And At Long Last A Limit On Title Companies

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Several people noticed the newly marked off-center cistern at Noe/24th + reader Ross sent this cool map [@HelenMoyes]
• A long-winded way to say “Don’t feed the pigeons” [ellerylong]
• 1 Alarm fire on 22nd St woke the neighborhood but everyone’s ok [@798SFFD]
• SF and Mission gentrification as seen with a 3000 mile long lens [NY Times]
• James Lick Middle School evacuated Friday when someone sets off fireworks [KTVU]
• The “hotelization” of neighborhoods - including some enthusiastic Noe Valley hoteliers hosts [LA Times]
• Let’s hope it’s not too late: Supes pass legislation to limit real estate companies, insurance brokers and title companies in the Castro and Noe Valley [SFGate]
• Did you feel the Napa quake on Thursday? Several neighbors did [@JonnieKSharp]
• The Noe Text font: “strong and distinctive characteristics” [@schicktoikka]
• The exotic side of Noe Valley [@mswarriormars]
• A pop of color for Spring [amandadamisch]
• Stormy Tuesday in Noe Valley [500px]

[Photo: Foggy SF Mornings via theotabah]

This Week In Noe Valley: Free Mother’s Day Concert, Saudi Mogul Sighting, And Muni Musings

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Mother's Day: Stern Grove concerts come to the Noe Valley Town Square May 10 [Stern Grove]
• Sunday May 10 is also Sunday Streets in the Mission on Valencia, from 26th to McCoppin [Sunday Streets]
• This must be that San Francisco culture everyone keeps talking about #waitingformuni [allynmejia]
• SF Muni art: Noe Valley edition [SF Muniverse]
• The Artist’s TV Access team is coming to the NV Public Library with films on June 13 [SFPL]
• Saudi mogul meeting and greeting in Noe Valley coffee shop [Re/Code]
• Get paid to play with dogs in Noe Valley [NV Pet Co]
• May issue of NVV tackles SavetheShack.net, succulent thieves and local anti-vaxxers [NVV]
• Weird quote of the week about the Giants’ proposal for Mission Rock development: “It's like a whole new Noe Valley sprung like Athena fully-formed from the head of [Giants CEO] Larry Baer.” [SF Magazine]
• Shivany Ganguli, founder of Bom Dia Market on Sanchez, plans to open more markets around the city [SF Business Times]
• App finds safest SF neighborhoods for walking and biking (we're #9 for biking and #6 for walking) [Seattle PI]
• Three new types of coffee come to Spin City [@noevalleycoffee]

[Photo: Epic hills via oldsblank]

New Pop Up Art Gallery on 24th Street With Local Noe Valley Artists

The former home of Bay Castle Cleaners, Tug Tug and Cardio-Tone at 3906 24th Street (at Sanchez) is now the temporary home of a Pop-up art gallery – and the curators (who are related to Fort Gallery, an interdisciplinary contemporary art space in downtown Oakland) emailed us this about an upcoming show:

Just wanted to help get out the word about the local group show I'm curating at my new pop-up art gallery on 24th St. I'm very excited to be hosting an array of exhibitions over the next several months, and especially grateful to have been blessed to meet local artists in the neighborhood since opening my doors last month. Next weekend, as this series of weekend pop-ups continue, I hope you join us in celebrating a new community art space! 

The Noe Valley artist show debuts May 16 and 17 from 12-6PM. If you want to support your local artists, this is your chance.

This Week In Noe Valley: An Ode To Plant Thieves, Honoring The Mayor of Church Street, And In Praise Of Aster

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• The Great Noe Valley Succulent Heist [Left Coast]
• Jiro Lin, the celebrated omakase chef at Saison, was discovered at Hamano Sushi [SF Chronicle]
• New restaurant Aster is the apex of Brett Cooper’s career [SF Weekly]
• Noe Valley: Where families lock their strollers [@zachmelikey]
• Noe Valley Whole Foods still has the highest sales per sq. foot in the U.S. [via @jimcramer]
• Honoring Larry Gutierrez, 70 year Noe Valley resident and "Mayor of Church Street" [@scottwiener]
• ICYMI: Noe Valley Music is closed [NVSF]
• A $5.8 million flip aimed at hipsters? Oy. [Curbed]
• If you can afford a $5.4M house, is fixing the garage really that big a deal? [Socketsite]

[Photo: Portable/Mess]